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By Katarina Hjärtmyr, guest blogger. Katarina Hjärtmyr is a Learning Technology Consultant at the Centre for Academic Development (PIL) at Örebro University in Sweden. Katarina works with support and administration of Blackboard and other digital tools available at the university. Katarina is also the system administrator for Urkund. At the 2015 Blackboard Teaching and Learning […]

This is post 4 of 11 in the series “TextAid Features” Welcome to the fourth post in our in-depth series about the different features in TextAid. This week, we’ll have a look at the personalized settings in TextAid. Watch our quick video to get a feel for this tool. TextAid’s personalized settings allow you to customize […]

This is post 3 of 11 in the series “TextAid Features” Welcome to the third post in our in-depth series about the different features in TextAid. This week, we’ll have a look at the web reading functionality available in TextAid. Watch our quick video to get a feel for this tool. Using TextAid’s web reading […]

By Jessica Schein, guest blogger. Jessica Schein is a Ph.D student at Michigan State University. This post originally appeared on her blog, DISABILITYINHIGHERED. Contact Jessica at scheinje@msu.edu. Since World War II, higher education in the United States has evolved from serving the social elite to serving students from all walks of life. One motivation behind massification […]

This is post 2 of 11 in the series “TextAid Features” Welcome to the second post in our in-depth series about the different features in TextAid. This week, we’ll have a look at the research tools available in TextAid. Watch our quick video to get a feel for these tools. TextAid offers two different features […]

Disability News Service is the United Kingdom’s sole news agency aimed at providing the latest disability news. Run by journalist John Pring, the website provides news on a variety of topics, from Independent Living to Activism and Campaigning, and from Politics to Crime. The website is a premier resource for those with disabilities to discover […]

This is post 1 of 11 in the series “TextAid Features” Welcome to the first post in our in-depth series about the different features in TextAid. This week, we’ll have a look at the personal library. Watch our quick video to get a feel for the personal library. All TextAid users have access to the […]

By Joan M. Brennan, guest blogger. Joan Brennan is the owner and CEO of Brennan Innovators, LLC, creator of low-tech & digital tools for challenged readers, notably the Reading Focus Cards. She is also the College for Kids Instructor at the St. Louis Community College-Meramec. Contact Joan at joan@focusandread.com and on Twitter @FocusAndRead Educators know that getting and keeping […]

By Nabil Eid, guest blogger. Nabil Eid is an ICT Accessibility consultant in the Middle East, as well as a Middle East Specialist at Telecentre Foundation. Telecentre Foundation (TCF) is an international organization as well as a global network of people and organizations that believe information, communication technologies (ICT) and the Internet have the power to nurture local talent, […]

This is post 4 of 4 in the series “ReadSpeaker TextAid Feature Fridays” ReadSpeaker TextAid is more than just an ordinary text-to-speech solution. It is a complete tool that allows users to leverage text-to-speech technology for maximum benefit. The Lookup feature is a particularly useful feature for students and struggling readers alike. If a ReadSpeaker Textaid user would […]